Hampton Roads Business Education Collaborative

Business Partners with Education for Virginia Workplace Readiness

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The Idea

Create a network of business people who want to get involved with existing workplace readiness efforts.

The Mission

Apply real world relevance to existing high school workplace readiness programs via experiential learning and real world demonstration

The Goal

Supplement existing educational efforts in career education and workplace readiness skills

How HRBEC Could Help

Create a network of involved organizations

Partner with the school districts, Opportunity Inc and Junior Achievement to leverage existing workplace readiness curriculum

Provide open viewing of their organization, with relevant examples of how school studies are applied in real world of business

Participate in developing the future potential of our youth, businesses and region

How You Can Help through HRBEC

View or Download the HRBEC presentation off the home page of www.hrbec.org

Contact Dan Bell

DanBell@hrbec.org

What Educators Already Know

1.Career and Technical Education is an important area of focus for our students

2.Educational efforts are significant and strong

3.Curriculum varies by district and school

4.Business assistance in Career and Tech Education can only help

5.That business participation is inconsistent

What Employers Already Know

1. Business strength is based on strength of the workforce

2. Workforce strength is inconsistent and businesses can leverage developmental programs and corporate exposure (early in the student's academic carerr)

3. Expectations for operational efficiency, profits and growth are perpetual

4. Anything that strengthens our business position, is good for the economy and good for all

How HRBEC Works

The HRBEC website will introduce students to a virtual community of organizations within the region.

Virtual tours and examples of Virginia’s Workplace Readiness Skills in practice will help students to see the importance of those studies.

Added-value programs like internships, job shadowing and long-term employment opportunities may be available